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3 | 3 | .. _stable:
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5 | | -*************** |
6 | | -C API Stability |
7 | | -*************** |
| 5 | +*********************** |
| 6 | +C API and ABI Stability |
| 7 | +*********************** |
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9 | 9 | Unless documented otherwise, Python's C API is covered by the Backwards
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10 | 10 | Compatibility Policy, :pep:`387`.
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199 | 199 | third-party distributors.
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| 202 | +ABI Checking |
| 203 | +============ |
| 204 | + |
| 205 | +.. versionadded:: next |
| 206 | + |
| 207 | +Python includes a rudimentary check for ABI compatibility. |
| 208 | + |
| 209 | +This check is not comprehensive. |
| 210 | +It only guards against common cases of incompatible modules being |
| 211 | +installed for the wrong interpreter. |
| 212 | +It also does not take :ref:`platform incompatibilities <stable-abi-platform>` |
| 213 | +into account. |
| 214 | +It can only be done after an extension is successfully loaded. |
| 215 | + |
| 216 | +Despite these limitations, it is recommended that extension modules use this |
| 217 | +mechanism, so that detectable incompatibilities raise exceptions rather than |
| 218 | +crash. |
| 219 | + |
| 220 | +Most modules can use this check via the :c:data:`Py_mod_abi` |
| 221 | +slot and the :c:macro:`PyABIInfo_VAR` macro, for example like this: |
| 222 | + |
| 223 | +.. code-block:: c |
| 224 | + |
| 225 | + PyABIInfo_VAR(abi_info); |
| 226 | + |
| 227 | + static PyModuleDef_Slot mymodule_slots[] = { |
| 228 | + {Py_mod_abi, &abi_info}, |
| 229 | + ... |
| 230 | + }; |
| 231 | + |
| 232 | + |
| 233 | +The full API is described below for advanced use cases. |
| 234 | + |
| 235 | +.. c:function:: int PyABIInfo_Check(PyABIInfo *info, const char *module_name) |
| 236 | +
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| 237 | + Verify that the given *info* is compatible with the currently running |
| 238 | + interpreter. |
| 239 | + |
| 240 | + Return 0 on success. On failure, raise an exception and return -1. |
| 241 | + |
| 242 | + If the ABI is incompatible, the raised exception will be :py:exc:`ImportError`. |
| 243 | + |
| 244 | + The *module_name* argument can be ``NULL``, or point to a NUL-terminated |
| 245 | + UTF-8-encoded string used for error messages. |
| 246 | + |
| 247 | + Note that if *info* describes the ABI that the current code uses (as defined |
| 248 | + by :c:macro:`PyABIInfo_VAR`, for example), using any other Python C API |
| 249 | + may lead to crashes. |
| 250 | + In particular, it is not safe to examine the raised exception. |
| 251 | + |
| 252 | + .. versionadded:: next |
| 253 | + |
| 254 | +.. c:macro:: PyABIInfo_VAR(NAME) |
| 255 | + |
| 256 | + Define a static :c:struct:`PyABIInfo` variable with the given *NAME* that |
| 257 | + describes the ABI that the current code will use. |
| 258 | + This macro expands to: |
| 259 | + |
| 260 | + .. code-block:: c |
| 261 | + |
| 262 | + static PyABIInfo NAME = { |
| 263 | + 1, 0, |
| 264 | + PyABIInfo_DEFAULT_FLAGS, |
| 265 | + PY_VERSION_HEX, |
| 266 | + PyABIInfo_DEFAULT_ABI_VERSION |
| 267 | + } |
| 268 | + |
| 269 | + .. versionadded:: next |
| 270 | + |
| 271 | +.. c:type:: PyABIInfo |
| 272 | + |
| 273 | + .. c:member:: uint8_t abiinfo_major_version |
| 274 | + |
| 275 | + The major version of :c:struct:`PyABIInfo`. Can be set to: |
| 276 | + |
| 277 | + * ``0`` to skip all checking, or |
| 278 | + * ``1`` to specify this version of :c:struct:`!PyABIInfo`. |
| 279 | + |
| 280 | + .. c:member:: uint8_t abiinfo_minor_version |
| 281 | + |
| 282 | + The major version of :c:struct:`PyABIInfo`. |
| 283 | + Must be set to ``0``; larger values are reserved for backwards-compatible |
| 284 | + future versions of :c:struct:`!PyABIInfo`. |
| 285 | + |
| 286 | + .. c:member:: uint16_t flags |
| 287 | + |
| 288 | + .. c:namespace:: NULL |
| 289 | + |
| 290 | + This field is usually set to the following macro: |
| 291 | + |
| 292 | + .. c:macro:: PyABIInfo_DEFAULT_FLAGS |
| 293 | + |
| 294 | + Default flags, based on current values of macros such as |
| 295 | + :c:macro:`Py_LIMITED_API` and :c:macro:`Py_GIL_DISABLED`. |
| 296 | + |
| 297 | + Alternately, the field can be set to to the following flags, combined |
| 298 | + by bitwise OR. |
| 299 | + Unused bits must be set to zero. |
| 300 | + |
| 301 | + ABI variant -- one of: |
| 302 | + |
| 303 | + .. c:macro:: PyABIInfo_STABLE |
| 304 | + |
| 305 | + Specifies that the stable ABI is used. |
| 306 | + |
| 307 | + .. c:macro:: PyABIInfo_INTERNAL |
| 308 | + |
| 309 | + Specifies ABI specific to a particular build of CPython. |
| 310 | + Internal use only. |
| 311 | + |
| 312 | + Free-threading compatibility -- one of: |
| 313 | + |
| 314 | + .. c:macro:: PyABIInfo_FREETHREADED |
| 315 | + |
| 316 | + Specifies ABI compatible with free-threading builds of CPython. |
| 317 | + (That is, ones compiled with :option:`--disable-gil`; with ``t`` |
| 318 | + in :py:data:`sys.abiflags`) |
| 319 | + |
| 320 | + .. c:macro:: PyABIInfo_GIL |
| 321 | + |
| 322 | + Specifies ABI compatible with non-free-threading builds of CPython |
| 323 | + (ones compiled *without* :option:`--disable-gil`). |
| 324 | + |
| 325 | + .. c:member:: uint32_t build_version |
| 326 | + |
| 327 | + The version of the Python headers used to build the code, in the format |
| 328 | + used by :c:macro:`PY_VERSION_HEX`. |
| 329 | + |
| 330 | + This can be set to ``0`` to skip any checks related to this field. |
| 331 | + This option is meant mainly for projects that do not use the CPython |
| 332 | + headers directly, and do not emulate a specific version of them. |
| 333 | + |
| 334 | + .. c:member:: uint32_t abi_version |
| 335 | + |
| 336 | + The ABI version. |
| 337 | + |
| 338 | + For the Stable ABI, this field should be the value of |
| 339 | + :c:macro:`Py_LIMITED_API` |
| 340 | + (except if :c:macro:`Py_LIMITED_API` is ``3``; use |
| 341 | + :c:expr:`Py_PACK_VERSION(3, 2)` in that case). |
| 342 | + |
| 343 | + Otherwise, it should be set to :c:macro:`PY_VERSION_HEX`. |
| 344 | + |
| 345 | + It can also be set to ``0`` to skip any checks related to this field. |
| 346 | + |
| 347 | + .. c:namespace:: NULL |
| 348 | + |
| 349 | + .. c:macro:: PyABIInfo_DEFAULT_ABI_VERSION |
| 350 | + |
| 351 | + The value that should be used for this field, based on current |
| 352 | + values of macros such as :c:macro:`Py_LIMITED_API`, |
| 353 | + :c:macro:`PY_VERSION_HEX` and :c:macro:`Py_GIL_DISABLED`. |
| 354 | + |
| 355 | + .. versionadded:: next |
| 356 | + |
| 357 | + |
202 | 358 | .. _limited-api-list:
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203 | 359 |
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204 | 360 | Contents of Limited API
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